Blue violet

#8c3cf1

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for blue violet, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Blue violet is a mid purple with a confident cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Blue violet color values

Every conversion for #8c3cf1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c3cf1

RGB140, 60, 241

HSL267, 87%, 59%

HSV267, 75%, 95%

CMYK42%, 75%, 0%, 5%

Lab45.85, 67.31, -77.27

XYZ28.31, 15.16, 84.65

Decimal9190641

Web safe#9933ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of blue violet

#7d23ef #6f11e6 #630fcd #570db4 #4b0b9b #3e0981 #320768 #26064f #1a0436 #0e021d

Tints of blue violet

#974ef2 #a160f4 #ac72f5 #b683f6 #c195f7 #cba7f9 #d6b9fa #e0cbfb #ebddfd #f5eefe

Colors that go with blue violet

Complementary#a1f13c Analogous#3c47f1 Analogous#e63cf1 Triadic#f18c3c Triadic#3cf18c Split complementary#f1e63c Split complementary#47f13c

Blue violet in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 42, 75, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c3cf1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 75 0 5

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 73 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue violet in css

Copy #8c3cf1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c3cf1; }
.text { color: #8c3cf1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c3cf1; }

How blue violet looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blue violet and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8c3cf1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c3cf1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue violet on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8c3cf1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around blue violet? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue violet into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8c3cf1 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from blue violet, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #8c3cf1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.